Lost Network Connection

[Thomas]

Odd. In running Win 2000 Pro, when I boot up, sometimes I have a network
connection (ADSL 1.5), and sometimes I get a dial-up connection request.
There seems to be no logic to it. This is a multi-hard drive machine & all
the other HDs and O/S's (XP Pro, Vista Ult.) are immediately connected to the
1.5 ADSL. Only the Win 2K O/S fails to access the Internet. When I ccheck
on the Network Connection, it shows "connected", but when I pull up IE6
(which is up-to-date), it asks if I want to dial in to my ISP. Any idea what
has happened, and how to repair, please?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Odd. In running Win 2000 Pro, when I boot up, sometimes I have a network
connection (ADSL 1.5), and sometimes I get a dial-up connection request.
There seems to be no logic to it. This is a multi-hard drive machine &
all
the other HDs and O/S's (XP Pro, Vista Ult.) are immediately connected to
the
1.5 ADSL. Only the Win 2K O/S fails to access the Internet. When I
ccheck
on the Network Connection, it shows "connected", but when I pull up IE6
(which is up-to-date), it asks if I want to dial in to my ISP. Any idea
what
has happened, and how to repair, please?

You need to tell IE6 never to dial a connection. It's under Tools / Internet
Options / Connections.

 

[Thomas]

Dear Pegasus:
Thank you for trying, but....
That's not it. Box already checked. The icon shows I am connected to
the network, but in fact despite that, it requires a dial-up (the dial-up
icon box appears when I try to open the browser). The spinning Windows globe
suggests the connection to the aDSL service of my ISP is made, but when I
look at the # of packets received and sent, the # is miniscule. The problem
of no network seen only occurs on the Hard Drive w/ Win 2K Pro, NOT on the
other HDs w/ XP Pro and Vista Ult.--they are auto-connected right after
boot-up. Any other ideas why the network would not be detected?